Hair waving apparatus



Feb. 20, 1934. D RE DAV|D 1,947,582 I HAIR WAVING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 25, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR. WAVING APPARATUS David Re David., New York, N. Y.

Application August Z5, 1931. y Serial No. 559,336

1 Claim. (Cl. 2.1.9-24) This invention relates to improvements in perthereafter enclosed within a heating member. marient waving apparatus and more particularly The heat acts upon the hair to impart a Set or to an improved heating appliance for use in imwave thereto. When the free ends of such parting a permanent or lasting wave to the hustrands have been treated, the heating appliance 5 man hair. is opened, permitting the coiled strands to be 60 A11 object of this invention is the provision of lllWOulld rOm the COTE, and llIlWaVed pOIOhs an improved heating appliance for use in perof the same strands, but closer to the scalp, are marient Waving, which is Simple in construction successively treated until the strands have been and operation and durable in use. A further suitably waved throughout their lengths.

object is the provision of a device of the above In the drawing, the reference character 5 dcs- 65 character in which the free ends of the hair ghates a COle upOh WhCh strands 0f hail efe which have already been waved may be suitably wrapped. The heating means to be associated held as to aid in the setting of the wave therein s110111? the strands Wldpped O11 the COle 5 include when the device is moved to wave the hair closer genelay WO h0110W and Suhstelllielly semi-ethto the scalp. A further object is to provide a miler sheaths 10 and 11, ih each 0f Wheh s 70 device of the above character which substantially mOllnted all eleCtTCel heating unit 12 usually eliminates the possibility of burning or overheat- Censislihg 0f the resistance Wife Wound 01 a1- ing the hair already waved as the device is moved ehged 011 a mica Sheel- Alclle end blocks 13 towards the scalp to treat unwaved portions of are dspsed et the ends 0f the hOllOW shea-1311s 80 the hair. 10 and 11 and provide a closure therefor. 76

other objects win be in part obvious from the From each of the Sheeths 10 and 11 extend annexed drawing and in part hereinafter indi- Operating arms generally designa-Ced at 15. each cated in connection therewith by the following Comprising a plate 16 having 011e end Curved '00 analysis 0f this inventinn conform with the curvature of the outer Wall This invention accordingly consists in the feaof the sheaths 10 and 11 and secured thereto s0 tures of construction, combination of parts and as al? 17- Ihsllelhg blOCks 18 efe a/SSOUiaed in the unique relation of the members and in the With the plates 16 whereby t0 pIOeC the hand-S relative proportioning and disposition thereof, all Of the Opelatol from the heat engendered by the as more completely outlined herein. heating Units 12- ao To enable others skiued in the art to fully com- Each of the plates 16 carry brackets 20 through 86 prehend the underlying features thereof that WhiCh iS threaded e fillcrllm pin 21, 011 Which they may embody the same by the numerous the operating handles or grips 15 and sheets 10, modifications in structure and relation contem- 11 are movably pivoted. In order to urge the plated by this invention, a drawing depicting a sheaths 10 and 11 into engagement, there is preferred form of the invention has been annexed provided a spring 23 extending between the cp- 90 as part of this disclosure, and in such drawing eiatine arms 15, the ends oi which are Seated like characters of reference denote corresponding in recesses 24, 25 formed respectively in insulatparts throughout all the views, in which ing blocks 18 and associated plates 16. It will Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved hair be seen that the spring 23 urges the operating Waving device illustrating the disposition of the arms 15 away from each other whereby the 95 heating device to hair being waved as well as the sheaths 10 and 11 are moved into enclosing reholdng or strands of hair which has already been lation about the iulcrum pin 2l. When the op waved; erating handles 15 are gripped and urged to- Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device as shown wards each other, the sheaths, 10, 11 are moved 4.5 in Fig. 1, looking in a direction sidewardly into a separating relation. 100

thereof; Lead wires 27 from a suitable source of elec- Fig. 3 is an end view shown in Figs. 1 and 2; trical energy extend into a recess 30 formed in Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of certain parts of each of the insulating blocks (Fig. 4) and are my device; electrically connected to contact members 31 Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the protective means similarly mounted in blocks 18 and extending 105 associated with my device. thru their bottom face. The said contact mem- As is generally known, according to one method bers 31, when the operating arms are fixed on of imparting a permanent wave to the human the sheets 10, l1, engage with conducting screws hair, adjacent strands of the hair at their free 32 which are in turn electrically connected with ends are @Oiled 01 Wrapped about a Core and the heating units l2. Preferably the said heat- 110 ing units 12 are connected in series whereby actuation of an operating switch (not shown) thereupon causes the heating units 12 to generate heat whereby the strands of hair enclosed by sheaths 10, 11 and coiled on the core 5 are heated.

By reference to Fig. 1, strands of hair are coiled on the core 5 and are thereafter wrapped with a pad or the like, and enclosed within the sheaths 10, 11. As the appliance is successively moved throughout the length of the strands of hair being treated and in a direction towards the scalp, it will be seen that hair already waved protrudes from the relatively rear end of the heating sheaths 10 and 11. In order to provide a support for this already waved hair and generally designated at A, I mount from one of the operating arms 15 a relatively rearwardly extending rod 36 which terminates at its end portion in a right-angled arm 37. The portions of the strands already waved and normally protruding from the heating sheaths 10, 11 are coiled on the rod 36, 37 in the manner illustrated. Such ceiling of the hair aids in setting of the wave imparted theretowithin the sheaths 10 and 11 and further has a natural tendency of making the hair wavy.

I further provide semi-circular closure plates 40, 41 each associated with the relatively rear ends of the sheaths 10, l1 and provided with a central depression 42. The said plates 40, 41 are preferably of heat insulating material, and when brought into engagement, form a substantial closure for the rear ends of the sheaths 10, 11 thus to protect the already waved portions A, of the hair strands from overheating.

At the relatively forward ends of the sheaths 10, l1 which may be positioned adjacent the scalp of the person whose hair is being treated, I provide heat insulating plugs 45 which may engage the scalp and which provide a space between the scalp and heating sheaths 10, 11. Thus, the possibility of the heated sheaths 11 engaging the head of the person being treated is eliminated.

Without further analysis the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of this invention that others can by applying current knowledge readily adapt it for various applications without omitting certain features that, from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essential characten istics of the generic or specic aspects of this invention, and therefore such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended with the meaning and range of equivalency of the following claim.

I claim:

Hair waving apparatus including hollow substantially semi-annular elements each enclosing an electrical heating unit, an operating arm extending rom each of said elements, a flexible connection between said arms, means extending between said arms and operative to urge said elements into engagement, a core extending between said element and on which strands of hair are wrapped, and means extending from one of said arms in substantially parallel relation with the core on which the free ends of the strands wrapped on the core may be coiled.

DAVID RE DAVID. 

